Clean-up collections
Council offers the following collection services for bulky household items that can’t be collected through the weekly service. This service is only offered to domestic residents for household waste. Waste generated by commercial operations is ineligible for collection.
Council provides residents with three (3) free scheduled clean-up and one (1) pre-booked clean-up collections per financial year.
Scheduled clean-up service
Council provides residents with three free scheduled clean-up collections per financial year. These collections are conducted in zones according to a pre-set schedule.
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For ALL scheduled clean-up collections:
- No more than 2m³ of materials will be collected. Items that have not been collected must be removed and disposed of promptly.
- Materials can only be placed on the nature strip outside your property on the Sunday night of your collection week, but collection is Monday to Friday of that week.
- Items must not be longer than 1 metre
- All groups of items left on kerbsides for collection must be labelled with a Scheduled clean-up label(PDF, 47KB).
Note: If you are unable to print the labels, please attach a piece of paper to both the street-facing and footpath-facing sides of the group of items. The label should identify the items as “For Clean-up” and include the date of the Sunday specified by Council.
Council will collect
Household furniture
Small appliances
Soft furnishings
Carpet and linoleum (must be cut into 1 metre lengths and bundled. Maximum 0.5m³)
Other non-recyclable household items
Whitegoods and metal items, e.g. Fridge/freezer, washing machine.
Mattresses/foam
Council will NOT collect
General household garbage
Small household items
Vegetation, dirt, stones and sand
TVs and Computers
Car batteries and car parts
Tyres
Building materials, including bricks, concrete and tiles
Liquids, including paint, chemicals and oil
Fibro/asbestos
Gas bottles
Hazardous materials, including volatile liquids, medical waste and explosives
Mirrors and sheets of glass
Pre-booked clean-up service
Council provides residents with one free pre-booked clean-up collection per financial year in addition to the scheduled collection dates.
Residents can pay for additional pre-booked collections if required to a maximum of 2m³ of materials per collection. This can be used to dispose of general household goods OR vegetation, but cannot be used for a mixture of the two. You must specify which service you want when booking.
For current fees, see Fees and Charges.
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For ALL pre-booked clean-up collections:
- No more than 2m³ of materials will be collected. Items that have not been collected must be removed and disposed of promptly.
- Materials can only be placed on the nature strip outside your property on the Sunday night of your collection week, but collection is Monday to Friday of that week.
- Items must not be longer than 1 metre
- All groups of items left on kerbsides for collection must be labelled with a Pre-booked Clean-up label(PDF, 48KB).
Note: If you are unable to print the labels, please attach a piece of paper to both the street-facing and footpath-facing sides of the group of items. The label should identify the items as “For Clean-up” and include the date of the Sunday specified by Council, your address and booking reference number.
Household Goods
Council will collect
Household furniture
Small appliances
Soft furnishings
Carpet and linoleum (must be cut into 1 metre lengths and bundled. Maximum 0.5m³)
Other non-recyclable household items
Whitegoods and metal items, e.g. Fridge/freezer, washing machine.
Mattresses/foam
Council will NOT collect
General household garbage
Small household items
Vegetation, dirt, stones and sand
TVs and Computers
Car batteries and car parts
Tyres
Building materials, including bricks, concrete and tiles
Liquids, including paint, chemicals and oil
Fibro/asbestos
Gas bottles
Hazardous materials, including volatile liquids, medical waste and explosives
Mirrors and sheets of glass
Vegetation
Council will collect:
Tree prunings and loppings
Untreated timber
Christmas trees
Palings without nails (max 0.5m³)
Council will NOT collect
Untied/loose vegetation
Vegetation in plastic bags
Branches greater than 75mm diameter
Branches, untreated wood or Christmas trees in sections longer than 1 metre
Painted or chemically treated timber
Tree stumps
Whole wood pallets
Building timber
Whole fences
General garbage
Timber with nails
All collected materials are sent to landfill, so please consider selling, donating or giving away good quality items. You can also book a collection through the Bower’s Collection and Rehoming service or find it a new home through their reuse tool.